205 National Olympic Committees

National Olympic Committees (NOC) exist in various countries of the world. NOC are one of the three constituents of the Olympic Movement together with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Sport Federations. The mission of the NOCs is to develop, promote and protect the Olympic Movement in their respective countries, in accordance with the Olympic Charter. Today there are 205 NOCs.
Please consult the Document section on the bottom of this site for a list of all NOCs in the IOC Protocol order.

Development through sport

IOC support to disadvantaged communities through sport One of the IOC’s missions is to promote the Olympic values in order to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of our society. The IOC has thus developed a comprehensive programme using sports development as a tool for local socio-economic and human development in cooperation with UN agencies and other organisations specialised in development and humanitarian aid and National Olympic Committees. The following projects in Costa Rica, Cambodia and Afghanistan truly underline this strong commitment by the IOC to improve the lives of under-privileged communities worldwide.

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Development through sport

After Lusaka, a second Olympic centre is to be created - in HaitiA few days before IOC President Jacques Rogge visits the Olympic Youth Development Centre in Lusaka (Zambia), accompanied by the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, a second project symbolically kicked off in Haiti. Indeed, on 14 February 2012, in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, the first stone of this centre was laid.